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TCSA

General information

URL: http://fcgportal.org/TCSA
Full name: The Cancer Surfaceome Atlas
Description: The Cancer Surfaceome Atlas integrates genomic, functional and drug response data to identify actionable targets.
Year founded: 2021
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Country/Region: United States

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University/Institution: University of Pennsylvania
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Country/Region: United States
Contact name (PI/Team): linzhang
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): linzhang@upenn.edu

Publications

35121907
The Cancer Surfaceome Atlas integrates genomic, functional and drug response data to identify actionable targets. [PMID: 35121907]
Zhongyi Hu, Jiao Yuan, Meixiao Long, Junjie Jiang, Youyou Zhang, Tianli Zhang, Mu Xu, Yi Fan, Janos L Tanyi, Kathleen T Montone, Omid Tavana, Ho Man Chan, Xiaowen Hu, Robert H Vonderheide, Lin Zhang

Cell-surface proteins (SPs) are a rich source of immune and targeted therapies. By systematically integrating single-cell and bulk genomics, functional studies and target actionability, in the present study we comprehensively identify and annotate genes encoding SPs (GESPs) pan-cancer. We characterize GESP expression patterns, recurrent genomic alterations, essentiality, receptor-ligand interactions and therapeutic potential. We also find that mRNA expression of GESPs is cancer-type specific and positively correlates with protein expression, and that certain GESP subgroups function as common or specific essential genes for tumor cell growth. We also predict receptor-ligand interactions substantially deregulated in cancer and, using systems biology approaches, we identify cancer-specific GESPs with therapeutic potential. We have made this resource available through the Cancer Surfaceome Atlas ( http://fcgportal.org/TCSA ) within the Functional Cancer Genome data portal.

Nat Cancer. 2021:2(12) | 76 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)

Ranking

All databases:
845/6895 (87.759%)
Health and medicine:
212/1738 (87.86%)
Gene genome and annotation:
286/2021 (85.898%)
845
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71
Citations
17.75
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Created on: 2022-04-25
Curated by:
Lina Ma [2022-05-31]
sun yongqing [2022-05-15]
Qianpeng Li [2022-04-25]